Toxic

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4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, Kevin and Morgan Mengel were happy at first, but when the marriage went bad, he went missing. Police wondered if he simply left, but a family’s relentless pursuit lead to a stunning confrontation and, eventually, the truth. Hoda Kotb reports. Originally aired on NBC December 27, 2013.

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0:00.0	The pit of my stomach I just knew something's not right here.
0:04.0	I just felt something bad had happened.
0:07.0	He must have been so, so scared.
0:14.0	They were so happy at first.
0:17.0	Kevin just fell in love with her.
0:19.0	Morgan was very, very charming.
0:21.0	But when the marriage went bad, he went missing.
0:25.0	He just disappeared.
0:26.0	Was this a husband who didn't want to be found?
0:29.0	Was this a wife who had something to hide?
0:32.0	They're getting in the truck.
0:33.0	They're leaving.
0:34.0	What had happened behind closed doors?
0:37.0	She laughed and said, no, there's no fair.
0:40.0	Someone was keeping secrets.
0:42.0	And even police couldn't wrap their heads around this one
0:45.0	until they found it.
0:46.0	A trail of texts.
0:48.0	We were like holy smokes right there.
0:50.0	It sure was every stunning detail.
0:54.0	Snapple iced tea, it seemed like the perfect tool
0:57.0	to put the poison inside of.
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